“We are going to have nation state. We will have an Igbo nation within Bafra. We will have an Efik nation within Biafra. We will have Annang nation within Biafra, if they so choose. We will also have Ijaw nation within Biafra.

“We will have Isoko nation within Biafra. We will have Idoma nation within Biafra. We will also have Igala nation within Biafra.

“Listen to this: they (all the nations) will all be autonomous. Each Nation-state will control the resources in their own land,” the statement quoted Kanu as saying.

It added that: “The only thing that will bind us together will be a common defense policy, common economic policy, common policy in health and education.

“In the rest, let people develop according to the pace that they wish or they decided amongst themselves to go by.

“Laws will be done in local languages. Igbo Parliament will make their own laws in Igbo language. Ijaw Parliament will make their own laws in Ijaw language.

“The same thing applies to Ibibio and others. So that when people are lying to us we will know because you know lying is good in English Language.

“But you can’t deceive the people when you are actually speaking in the language that they understand.

“What we are going to have in Biafra will be a brand new nation with new ideas and new ways of doing things.

Concise News can reliably report that Kanu, who has been on the forefront of Biafra secession struggle, also revealed that Igbo land will have a Prime Minister and that the same thing will happen to Ijaw, to Isoko, to Urhobo, to Itshekiri nation-states making up Biafra.

Egobiambu Emmanuel is a Mass Communication graduate from the University of Benin.
He is a media enthusiast, loves reading and writing, and has a special interest in personal development. Emmanuel is a reporter with Concise News.